State Criminal Alien Prosecution and Detention Fund

(a) Establishment of fund There is established, in the Department of Justice, a fund, which shall be known as the State Criminal Alien Prosecution and Detention Fund (referred to in this section as the Fund). The Attorney General shall use amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Fund for grants to eligible States, State agencies, including National Guard units, and units of local government for any of the following purposes: (1) Locating and apprehending aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States or have committed a crime under Federal, State, or local law. (2) Intelligence and information-gathering to counter gang activity. (3) Investigating and prosecuting crimes committed by aliens and drug and human trafficking crimes. (4) Court operations related to the prosecution of crimes committed by aliens and drug and human trafficking crimes. (5) Temporarily detaining aliens, including costs related to facility operations, personnel, and health and safety related services. (6) Transporting aliens described in paragraph (1) to locations related to their apprehension, detention, and prosecution. (7) Vehicle maintenance, logistics, transportation, and other support provided to law enforcement agencies by a State agency to enhance their ability to locate and apprehend aliens who have unlawfully entered the United States or have committed crimes under Federal, State, or local law. (b) Appropriation In addition to amounts otherwise available for the purposes described in paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (a), there is appropriated in fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Department of Justice for the Fund, $3,500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2034, for qualified expenses that achieve any such purposes. (c) Grant eligibility of completed, ongoing, or new activities The Attorney General may provide grants under subsection (a) to State agencies and units of local government for expenditures they made for completed, ongoing, or new activities determined to be eligible for such grant funding that occurred on or after January 20, 2021. (d) Sunset The Fund shall terminate on January 20, 2029. Any unobligated amounts remaining in the Fund on that date shall be returned to the Treasury of the United States for deficit reduction purposes.